How Much Do YOU "Gain" the Morning After Carb- Heavy or Salty Meals

swimmchick87

Unless I've just gone crazy all day long, no more than 1-2 pounds. I actually find the biggest cause of "artificial gain" for me is lack of sleep. I struggle with insomnia, and having to be at work at 7:15 AM doesn't help. On the nights I sleep very little or not at all, I can literally weigh up to 4-5 more pounds in the morning.

CarvedTones

~3 pounds and it usually comes back off within 4 days (I weigh every other day).

marysabetournay

I put on 3-4 lbs every month because of hormones...am 52 and peri-menopausal so i`m blaming it on that!! After a few weeks (2-3) it goes away and I lose an extra 1lbs or so...so as you can see, my weight loss is very sloowwww....up 3-4 lbs, down 4-5 lbs

jillstreett

swimmchick87 wrote: »

Unless I've just gone crazy all day long, no more than 1-2 pounds. I actually find the biggest cause of "artificial gain" for me is lack of sleep. I struggle with insomnia, and having to be at work at 7:15 AM doesn't help. On the nights I sleep very little or not at all, I can literally weigh up to 4-5 more pounds in the morning.

Sleep is a BIG one for me too. If I sleep like crap or go to bed late I definitely have an unexpected high number on the scale the next morning.

Same with other posters, I usually see that extra drop beyond the loss of the water retention too. I think now that I am nearing my goal weight (145lbs is goal and I am 5'6") as history has proved for most of us, the water weight and beyond will probably come off but just a bit slower. Darn you last 10 pounds!

Jackie9003

marysabetournay wrote: »

I put on 3-4 lbs every month because of hormones...am 52 and peri-menopausal so i`m blaming it on that!! After a few weeks (2-3) it goes away and I lose an extra 1lbs or so...so as you can see, my weight loss is very sloowwww....up 3-4 lbs, down 4-5 lbs

I weigh daily with an app and I find this too, I'll gain 2-3lbs overnight but then it, and a bit more, comes off again slowly over the next week or so with a bigger drop just before TOM. I've started to look at monthly figures now as weekly ones make no sense.

happytree923

My strategy is to eat high carb and high salt always, so I never see these fluctuations!

maybebeccadough

My diet is predominantly carbs, so I don't really have a spike with that.

If I eat higher quantity, or much saltier without drinking enough water, the scale will usually show 1-2lbs the next day.

mortuseon_

I often lose weight after a day like that, and look visibly slimmer. Guess it's something to do with dehydration...